Weather alert: Flooding warning issued for several provinces on Monday

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued a warning of flooding in several parts of South Africa due to thunderstorms and heavy downpours on Monday. The weather service warned that these conditions are expected on Monday across the eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the northern parts of the Eastern Cape, and the extreme western parts of the Free State. “Level 5 warning: severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours that will result in flooding of susceptible roads and low-lying bridges/areas, damaging winds, excessive lightning and large amounts of small hail that will result in damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected,” reads the forecast.

Theweather servicehas also issued a yellow level 2 warning, indicating a moderate impact and possible localised flooding or minor damage in several parts of the country. “Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours that will result in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements, damaging winds, excessive lightning and large amounts of small hail is expected,” reads the forecast. These weather conditions can be expected over the central parts of Northern Cape, north-eastern parts of Western Cape, southern parts of Eastern Cape, western interior of Free State, extreme western parts of North West, southern escarpment of Mpumalanga as well as most of KwaZulu-Natal, except in the north-east.

Partly cloudy, and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. Morning fog over the Highveld and along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme northeast, but scattered in the south-east. Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the south-central parts.

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Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the east, where it will be partly cloudy. It will be cool in the south-west.

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